Ask ten subject leaders what counts as evidence and you will likely get ten different answers. The reality is that good evidence is not one specific thing, but a range of sources that, taken together, build a clear picture of what is happening across your subject. This post explores what that evidence actually needs to do, which sources tend to be most useful in practice, and how to build that picture over time without it becoming an extra task.

Writing a subject leader report should not feel like translating your work into a language nobody asked for. The best ones are not long or particularly complicated. They explain what you set out to do, what you found when you looked, and what you are planning to do because of it. That is genuinely most of what it needs to be. Here is a simple way to think about structure, evidence, and tone that makes it less of a mountain.

For SENDCos and senior leaders, tracking SEND provision across a whole school is genuinely difficult. Evidence often sits in different places at once, and the picture is frequently clearer in peoples heads than it is anywhere else. This post looks at what good SEND monitoring actually involves, what it should help you understand, and how to make it feel less like a separate system and more like something that builds naturally as the year moves forward.

We’ve added seven new tag categories based on the 2025 Ofsted framework. They’re not here to add another layer of admin - they’re here to help you see your impact through different lenses. Each tag reflects an area that matters for pupils’ experience: curriculum, inclusion, wellbeing, achievement, leadership and more. Think of these as perspectives for understanding impact, not checklists.Use them in Blippit Boards to spot and tag where strengths shine through, to spark professional conversation

Ofsted’s move towards a curriculum-focused framework changed how schools think about monitoring. More recently, the focus has shifted further towards how well that curriculum works for all pupils, particularly those with SEND. This post looks at what curriculum monitoring actually means in practice, what it is really for, and how to build a clear, usable picture of your subject over time that can genuinely inform decisions.